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APPLICATION FILED DBO. 31, 1909.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

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GEHART J'. HANSON, OF BUX'ION, NORTH DAKOTA.

HANGER FOR SLIDING DOORS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 16, 1910.

Application filed December 31, 1909. Serial No. 535,789.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEHART J. HANSON, citizen of the United States,residing at Buxton, in the county of Traill and. State of North Dakota,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hangers for SlidingDoors, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to sliding doors such as are ordinarily used forbarns and like constructions, and particularly, the invention relates tothe means for supporting or hanging such a sliding door, the object ofthe invention being to provide means whereby the door may be forcedlaterally inward against the door frame and moved laterally outward awayfrom the door frame so as to permit the door to have an easy slidingmotion, the mechanism for this purpose to be operated by means of ahandle conveniently placed upon the face of the door.

The invention includes, generally speaking, the usual longitudinallyextending track upon which the door is supported upon rollers, the doorbeing provided with hangers which shiftingly engage with the arbors ofthese rollers so that the hangers and door may move laterally, inoperation, to the track and rollers, by means of the handle beforereferred to.

For a full understanding of the invention and the merits thereof, and toacquire a knowledge of the details of construction, reference is to behad to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of a door constructed in accordance with myinvention and of a structure upon which the door is applied; Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section thereof, on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is anenlarged vertical section on the line 33 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a likeview to Fig. 3, but showing the door shifted outward; Fig. 5 is afragmentary vertical section of the rear lower corner of the door andpart of the door frame, and showing the adjustable means for holdingthe. lower portion of the door in proper engagement with the door frame;and, Fig. 6 is a like view, only showing the roller moved outward tospace the door from the face of the building.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawing by the samereference characters.

In the embodiment of my invention which I herein show, A designates theface of a structure of any desired kind, and 2 a longitudinal beamsupported thereon.

3 designates a longitudinal sill which extends to the door opening, and5 designates the vertical jamb at the end of the door opening.

6 designates a vertical intermediate beam which is disposed between thebeams 2 and 3 and defines the inner end of the door opening.

Supported on brackets 8 projecting from the face of the beam 2, is thelongitudinally extending rail 7 which may be of any suitable character.A door 10 having the framing strips 10 upon its inside face, is providedat its upper edge with the upwardly and inwardly extending hangers 11which are returned upon themselves, as at 11. Mounted in these hangersare the arbors 12, these arbors being laterally shiftable through thehangers. Supported on each of the hangers are the flanged rollers 13which rest upon'the rail 7, in the manner usual to door hangers. Theextremity of each spindle or shaft 12 is annularly grooved, as at 14,for engagement each with an arm 15. These arms are attached to theopposite extremities of a rock shaft 16, being held in place on the rockshaft in any suitable manner, as by set screws. Mounted upon the rockshaft is the collar 17 which is held in any desired adjusted position bymeans of a set screw 18. This collar has projecting from it the arm 17 awhich extends downward and toward the door and is provided at itsextremity with an eye for engagement with a vertical rod 19. This rodextends downward to any convenient location on the door and is thereengaged with an operating lever 20, this lever.

being pivoted at 21 and projecting toward the edge of the door. Mountedadjacent to the end of the operating lever is the angle bar 22 havingits outwardly projecting flange 23 cut away at two points for engagementwith the extremity of the lever, the lever being of suflicientresiliency or yielding sufficiently to permit itto be moved outward outof engagement with the flange 23 or the notches in the fiange, and movedto any desired position and again engaged with the flange. It will beobvious that when the rod 19 is moved up or down, the arms 15 will shiftthe hangers 11 with relation to the spindles 12 so that when the rod ispulled in one direction, the arm 15 will move inward,

and when in the other direction, the arm will be'moved outward. In Fig.3 I show the position of the parts when the rod 19 is raised, thuspushing the hanger 11 inward and moving the door 10 inward in relationangle bar 22. In order to prevent the door risingso that the rollerswill get oi the track,I attachto the upper edge of the door the angularstrips or irons 23*. These are; attached at opposite ends of the door orat} any suitable location thereon and proj ect inward beneath the loweredge of the track.

' In order .to provide means whereby the lower margin of the door may beheld; either in contact with the lower portion ofthe door jambs or outtherefrom, I provide the. sill- 3 with the outwardly projectingangularbracket 24 which is attached to the sill by means of the bolt 25.

' This angular strip is provided along its length witha perforation 26,and mounted upon the under side of the strip is the spring 27 .whichprojects somewhat beyond the strip and is downwardly turned at its end.This spring is provided upon its upper side with the locking pin 28which is adapted to pro- .ject into either one of two perforations 29 inasliding bar 30. This sliding bar 30 has downwardly and inwardly turnedmargins 31 which engage over the edges of the angular strip 24 and forma guide for the bar 30 .so that'the bar may be, shifted in or out uponthe strip. This bar 30, at its innerend, is

upwardly turned, as at'33, to fit against the inside face of the door,"while its outer end is provided with the roller 32 which is mounted inany suitable mannerthereon and bears against the. outside face of thedoor. It will thus be seen that as the bar 30 is shifted inor out to anyone of its two posi- .tions,'the lower margin of. the door will becarried to or from the sill 3. It is of course obvious that the roller32 is shifted in accordance with the movement of the hanger 11. Thus,when the hanger is shifted out,

.the roller 32 is shifted outwardly, and vice iv'ersaqThe rear end ofthe sill 3 is provided With the stop 34, which stop comprises a springwhich is returned upon itself and I. then outwardly extended. so thatwhen the a door is moved back to its open position, the

: doors of any desired size.

'close the structure tightly, the handle is operated to shift the doorinward, as in Fig. 3, thus bringing the framing strips 10 into contactwith theinner face of the door frame and with the inner edges of thejambs, thus tightly closing the door against the entrance of wind, snowor rain. When it is desired to open thedoor, it is only necessary tooperate thehandle, whereupon the door will move to the position shown inFig. 4, and may he slid back.

My invention is simple, thoroughly efi'ective in practice, and may becheaply manufactured and easily applied. The collars 17 of the arms 17are adapted to be adjusted anywhere along the length of the rock shaft16, and thus by using the proper length of rock shaft, the hanger may beattached to The arms 15 are alsoadjustable alon the rod by means of setscrews 15 though Ido not wish to limit myself to this particular detail.

' Having thus described the invention, what 1. The combination with adoor and a longitudinal rail upon which it is carried, of a hangerattached to the door and extending over the rail, a spindle transverselyshiftable through the hanger, a roller on the spindle and engaging withthe rail, and means movable with the door and engagim with the spindlefor shifting the hanger and door laterally upon the spindle.

2. The combination with a door and a longitudinal rail upon which it iscarried, of opposedhangers attached to the door and extending up andover the rail, transverse spindles mounted in each hanger and shiftablelaterally therethrough, a roller carried on each spindle and engagingwith the rail,

a rock shaft supported on the hangers and extending longitudinally ofthe door, arms on the rock shaft, each engaging with one of thespindles, and an operating rod connected to said rock shaft,extendingdownward into convenient position upon the door, whereby theshaft may be actuated.

3. The combination with a door and a longitudinal rail upon whichthedoor is an actuating rod attached to the extremity of the arm, and apivoted handle on the actuating rod, whereby the latter may be operated.

4. The combination with a door and a longitudinal rail upon which thedoor is carried, of opposed hangers attached to the door, extendingupwardly, inwardly and downwardly, a spindle in each of the hangers andlaterally shiftable therethrough, a roller mounted in each spindle andengaging with said rail, outwardly projecting bearings supported on thehangers, a longi tudinally extending rock shaft mounted in saidbearings, upwardly extending arms on the rock shaft engaging with thespindle to shift the spindle and hanger laterally relative to eachother, an arm attached to the rock shaft and projecting out therefrom,an actuating rod attached to the extremity of the arm, a pivoted handleon the actuating rod, whereby the latter may be operated, and a catchdevice for holding the handle in a raised or lowered position.

5. A support for sliding doors, including a hanger adapted to beattached to the door, said hanger extending upward, inward and downward,a spindle shiftable through the hanger, an arm pivotally supported onthe hanger and engaging with the spindle to shift the same laterally,and means attached to the arm, whereby it may be turned.

6. The combination with a door and a longitudinal rail upon which thedoor is carried, of a hanger, a roller mounted therein and engaging withthe track, means for shifting the upper edge of the door laterallyrelative to the roller, and a laterally adjustable member adapted to bemoved outward or inward in either of the adjusted positions, said memberbearing against the outer face of the door.

7. The combination with a door and a longitudinal rail upon which thedoor is carried, of hangers located upon the upper edge of the door,said hangers extending upward, inward and downward, a spindle carried ineach one of the hangers and shiftable laterally therethrough, a rolleron each spindle, engaging with the track, a rock shaft extendinglongitudinally of the door and supported on said hangers, arms attachedto the rock shaft and engaging with the spindles to laterally move thesame, an arm projecting outward from the rock shaft, an actuating rodattached to said arm, a support mounted below the lower edge of thedoor, and a laterally adjustable member mounted upon said support andadapted to be moved outward or inward and held in its adjusted position,said member carrying a roller bearing against the outer face of thedoor.

8. The combination with a door and a longitudinal rail upon which thedoor is carried, of hangers located upon the upper edge of the door,said hangers extending upward, inward and downward, a spindle carried ineach one of the hangers and shiftable laterally therethrough, a rolleron each spindle, engaging with the track, a rock shaft extendinglongitudinally along the door and supported on said hangers, armsattached to the rock shaft and engaging with the spin dles to laterallymove the same, an arm projecting outward from the rock shaft, anactuating rod attached to said arm, a bracket mounted upon the doorsill, below the lower edge of the door and projecting outward, a

transversely shiftable member mounted on the bracket, having an upwardlyturned in ner end engaging with one side of the door, a roller mountedon the other extremity of the member and engaging with the outer face ofthe door, and a catch attached to the bracket and adapted to hold saidmember in either of its laterally adjusted positions.

9. The combination with a door and a longitudinal rail upon which thedoor is carried, of hangers located upon the upper edge of the door,said hangers extending upward, inward and downward, a spindle carried ineach one of the hangers and shiftable laterally therethrough, a rolleron each spindle, engaging with the track, a rock shaft extendinglongitudinally along the door and engaging with the spindles tolaterally move the same, an arm projecting outward from the rock shaft,an actuating rod attached to said arm, a bracket mounted upon the doorsill, below the lower edge of the door, said bracket having aperforation through it, a spring on the under side of the bracket,having an upwardly extending pin projecting through the perforation,abar supported upon the upper face of the bracket and having slidingengagement therewith, said bar being formed with perforations adapted toreceive the projecting end of the pin, said bar, at its inner end, beingupwardly turned to engage the inner edge of the door, and at its outerend having a roller engaged with the outer face of the door.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEHART J. HANSON. [L.S.]

Witnesses:

JOHN S. HAUGE, E. E. LOMMEN.

